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WILLIAM TERRY PRATT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1948 – September 17, 1968
Service recordWilliam Terry Pratt, of Carlinville, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 20
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Finance Specialist (73C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Carlinville, Illinois (Macoupin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 20
- PAUL MICHAEL PRESSERPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- THOMAS RONNIE RANGE JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK RAWLINSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- STEVEN JOHN REICHARDTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LLOYD HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 23
From Carlinville
- EDWARD LEWIS TIEMANSergeant First Class · May 25, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.